Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Alpha Packaging Corporation Inc., 589 Centerport Road, MOHRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA 19541
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations, n.e.c., affecting the hand(s) and finger(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was running cardboard boxes through a printing press. While wiping off excess ink, his left hand got caught and pulled into rotating rollers resulting in amputation of his left middle finger and partial amputations of his left ring, index, and little fingers. His left hand was also degloved. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAmputationHand(s) and finger(s)Presses-printing
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An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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